I didn't read that implication, B1. Just pics of interest is all.BandB said:Didn't mean to imply no surge
I didn't read that implication, B1. Just pics of interest is all.BandB said:Didn't mean to imply no surge
Uh, oh.The U.S. Coast Guard says it's searching for a container ship with 33 crew members on board that may have gotten caught in Joaquin's path.
The El Faro, a 735-foot-long cargo ship, was traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Jacksonville, Florida, and is reported to be caught somewhere near Crooked Island in the Bahamas.
The Coast Guard said it received a report on Thursday morning that the ship had lost propulsion and was taking on water, but that the flooding has been contained.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it's searching for a container ship with 33 crew members on board that may have gotten caught in Joaquin's path.
The El Faro, a 735-foot-long cargo ship, was traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Jacksonville, Florida, and is reported to be caught somewhere near Crooked Island in the Bahamas.
The Coast Guard said it received a report on Thursday morning that the ship had lost propulsion and was taking on water, but that the flooding has been contained.
El Faro has been found off Crooked Island, listing at 15 deg and taking on water. No word on the 33 on board. Not just a cargo ship, but a ro-ro vehicle carrier. Oh, well, there go the great bonefishing flats.
One could pay extremely high property/sales/income taxes as well as high home/food/gasoline prices along coastal California so to enjoy relatively gentle weather. There are a lot of vacancies at the Vallejo marina, but not in central bay San Francisco.
Thanks to all who informed me on andrew and past hurricanes. Andrew was before my time.
El Faro has been found off Crooked Island, listing at 15 deg and taking on water. No word on the 33 on board. Not just a cargo ship, but a ro-ro vehicle carrier. Oh, well, there go the great bonefishing flats.
Wifey B: I was 13....you need to read more....hehe
What is freaky about Joaquin is that the storm is just SITTING there and not moving... The islands must be taking a beating...
Later,
Dan
One could pay extremely high property/sales/income taxes as well as high home/food/gasoline prices along coastal California so to enjoy relatively gentle weather. There are a lot of vacancies at the Vallejo marina, but not in central bay San Francisco.
When I started a thread a week or so ago asking how you all prep, this is exactly what I was wondering about. I say it is fascinating but I don't think lightly of your concerns and safety. Take care.
Given some respite, now... thought it might be useful to note some other details that have been active... in this case... and in our case.
Our slip isn't real wide, fixed docks, in a small-ish marina. Not too well-protected from winds out of the north.
Our usual options are to stay in the slip, haul and block, or go elsewhere.
Not easy to stay in the slip; would mean staying aboard to adjust lines, partly to account for surge, partly to keep from bouncing off the piles all night. Not my favorite idea.
Usually OK to haul and block... except... in this case, the Nor'easter we've been enjoying -- not really related to Joaquin -- means the marina guys can't tow big boats around to the lift. Complicated this particular week by one of the lift operators leaving on his honeymoon yesterday. Can't begrudge him that!
I could move the boat to the lift around myself, of course (probably), but the list was long, too many in front of us...
We have in the past successfully moved the boat to one of the more protected marinas with new concrete floating docks and really high piles. Easy, my preference usually, except in this case, sea states on the Chesapeake were -- and still are -- not at all fun. There were 6-footers at one of the buoys up toward Baltimore last night, and in any case 5's and 4's have been the normal prediction for these several days. An anomaly here is that even 3' seas here in the Chesapeake, usually with a very short wave period, will often beat a small boat like ours up. Doable, but not fun. Boats are usually better off the crew, of course, but still... not my favorite thing to deal with.
Turned out... we've done not much at all. One extra spring line (so far) only just added this morning. And that's still about the Nor'easter. Once the Joaquin track prediction firmed up, decision-making got easier.
-Chris
Water levels are up...almost overwashing the docks. More the result of the other weather systems coming up the coast. We have dodged J0aquin for now...
I'm behind the tree on the left..
One thing I would suggest for your slip. If there's a way to tie to the piles or posts of the dock using rings that will go up and down as the boat does. This keeps the boat's distance from the dock constant. Not always possible and still not the best situation but the one thing I would have seen as a possible option given your situation. And the one I'd never pursue is to stay there with the boat.
Yep, thanks, I've shopped on those systems. There are at least two. One boat here has the kind with balls strung on a line, and it looks like it'll work sorta-kinda, although they have some interference from their own immediate neighbors' lines on each side, too.
The other kind, with the hard-attached rod, could maybe work better in our slip, depending on what my own immediate neighbors cobble together...
-Chris